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Maria Barbara Lapinski (Aust)

Artist

Born Dec. 4, 1940, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; daughter of Stanislaw and Zofia (Krauze); married Tadeusz Lapinski; children: Monica, Adam.

Education: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (Poland), 1970.

Career: free-lance artist, art-weaving, tapestry, painting.

Author: numerous exhibitions, i.a.: Baltimore Museum of Art, Strathmore Hall Mons Company, University of Maryland Library Show, Herald Harbor Club Exposition, Old Warsaw Gallery, Alexandna (VA), Desa Gallery, New York City, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, also in: Lausanne (Switzerland), Oslo (Norway), Munich (Germany).

Member of: participant, Symposium of Tapestry, University of Maryland, 1989.

Honors: Silver Medal, City Hall of Warsaw, 1976; achievement award, Grodzisk Mazowiecki (Poland), 1977.

Languages: Polish, English, Serbo-Croatian.

Hobbies: reading biographies, writing poetry.

Home: 10413 Eastwood Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20901.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996

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